HMD Global plans to launch the 4G feature phone in collaboration with a telecom operator in May in India, which will pit it directly against Reliance Industries’ JioPhone. Both companies are targeting a bulk of the roughly 500 million basic phone users who have not upgraded to smartphones for reasons of affordability and use cases.

Cisco Systems said on Sunday it aims to disrupt the wireless radio access market led by Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia by backing challengers who make more flexible software versions of traditional mobile gear.

Mobile operators, device manufacturers, ad tech providers and content owners from across the world got together in Mobile World Congress last week, unveiling their upcoming products and technology, wooing business partners and consumers. The announcements highlighted in this show indicated and addressed what the next billions of mobile internet users, especially in India, would crave for in 2017. Here are my observations: Nokia is making a comeback Iconic New Nokia 3310 was launched This year, Read more..

With the promise of automating everything, the 4th Industrial Revolution has been the topic of much discussion. It is viewed as the point where all the work done so far in connectivity, mobility, sensors, devices, and analytics, among others, combines to unlock powerful new possibilities. And I believe that this is still true. Yet, as I met with more than 100 leaders from companies all over the world recently at our Nokia Converge partner event, there are two new insights that struck me. First, Read more..

Several people ET spoke with about Ericsson’s India operations, including its current and former employees, said the Stockholm-based firm has reduced headcount in the last one year or so across functions, in line with its global restructuring.